Charles Lane
Acting • Born 1905-01-26 – Died 2007-07-09
Biography
Charles Lane (born Charles Gerstle Levison; January 26, 1905 – July 9, 2007) was an American character actor and centenarian whose career spanned 77 years. Lane gave his last performance at the age of 101 as a narrator in 2006. Lane appeared in many Frank Capra films, including You Can't Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Riding High (1950). He was a favored supporting actor of Lucille Ball, who often used him as a no-nonsense authority figure and comedic foe of her scatterbrained TV character on her TV series I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour and The Lucy Show. His first film of more than 250 was as a hotel clerk in Smart Money (1931) starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filmography
336 credits
Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie • 1944
Reporter at Marriage License Office
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie • 1946
Real Estate Salesman
Good Neighbor Sam
Movie • 1964
Jack Bailey
42nd Street
Movie • 1933
Playwright (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie • 1939
Nosey
Blondie Johnson
Movie • 1933
Cashier (uncredited)
The Ugly Dachshund
Movie • 1966
Judge
I Wake Up Screaming
Movie • 1941
Keating- Florist
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie • 1963
Airport Manager
Twentieth Century
Movie • 1934
Max Jacobs
Three Loves Has Nancy
Movie • 1938
Cleaning Store Manager (uncredited)
The Gnome-Mobile
Movie • 1967
Dr. Scoggins
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Movie • 1936
Hallor (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer
Movie • 1937
Attorney (uncredited)
Sealed Lips
Movie • 1942
Attorney Emanuel 'Manny' T. Dixon
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Movie • 1966
Whitlow
Murphy's Romance
Movie • 1985
Amos Abbott
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Movie • 1942
Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
The Music Man
Movie • 1962
Constable
The Invisible Woman
Movie • 1940
Growley
Out of the Storm
Movie • 1948
Mr. Evans
The Milky Way
Movie • 1936
Willard
Mysterious Intruder
Movie • 1946
Detective Burns
Bury Me Dead
Movie • 1947
Brighton
The Mating Game
Movie • 1959
Inspector General Bigelow
Teacher's Pet
Movie • 1958
Roy
Blessed Event
Movie • 1932
Kane
36 Hours to Kill
Movie • 1936
Lawyer Rickert
The Rage of Paris
Movie • 1938
Department Head (uncredited)
Intrigue
Movie • 1947
Hotel Desk Clerk
Strange Invaders
Movie • 1983
Prof. Hollister
The Gentleman from Nowhere
Movie • 1948
Fenmore
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
Movie • 1942
Coroner
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Movie • 1946
Hack Hagen (uncredited)
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Movie • 1941
Dr. Prouty (coroner)
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Movie • 1941
Doc Prouty
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Movie • 1940
Dr. Prouty
The Cat and the Canary
Movie • 1939
Reporter
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Movie • 1947
Landlord (uncredited)
Broadway Bill
Movie • 1934
Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Birth of the Blues
Movie • 1941
Wilbur - Bijou Theater Manager (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
Movie • 1941
Pierce (uncredited)
Honeymoon in Bali
Movie • 1939
Photographer (uncredited)
Broadway
Movie • 1942
Hungry Harry
But Not for Me
Movie • 1959
Al Atwood
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Movie • 1937
Doctor
The Aristocats
Movie • 1970
Lawyer (voice)
Sea Devils
Movie • 1937
Judge (uncredited)
Back Street
Movie • 1941
Reporter for Associated News
Riding High
Movie • 1950
Erickson
The Mouthpiece
Movie • 1932
Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Movie • 1959
Standard Bates
Rhythm on the River
Movie • 1940
Bernard Schwartz
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
Movie • 1968
Dr. Shapiro
Roses Are Red
Movie • 1947
Lipton
Danger – Love at Work
Movie • 1937
Gilroy, an attorney
Two-Fisted Gentleman
Movie • 1936
Joe Gordon
Trapped by G-Men
Movie • 1937
Fingers
Obliging Young Lady
Movie • 1942
Private Detective Smith
Sis Hopkins
Movie • 1941
Mayor's aide
Moonrise
Movie • 1948
Mr. Chandler
Barnacle Bill
Movie • 1941
Auctioneer
Lucky Night
Movie • 1939
Carpenter
Manhattan Parade
Movie • 1931
Desk clerk
Looking for Love
Movie • 1964
Director
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Movie • 1995
Regent Yarborough
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Movie • 1953
Prof. Obispo
Lady Luck
Movie • 1936
Feinberg
Backfire
Movie • 1950
Dr. Nolan (uncredited)
Beware Spooks!
Movie • 1939
Moore (uncredited)
Louisiana
Movie • 1947
McCormack
The Little Dragons
Movie • 1980
J.J.
They All Come Out
Movie • 1939
Psychiatrist
Two for Tonight
Movie • 1935
Writer
We're on the Jury
Movie • 1937
Horace Smith
Remains to Be Seen
Movie • 1953
Delapp
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Movie • 1949
Mr. Woodruff (uncredited)
Mr. Skitch
Movie • 1933
Hotel Clerk
Cocoanut Grove
Movie • 1938
Weaver
Dancing on a Dime
Movie • 1940
Freeman Taylor
You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 1938
Henderson
Always in Trouble
Movie • 1938
Donald Gower
Three Girls About Town
Movie • 1941
Mortician
Union Depot
Movie • 1932
Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)
The Yellow Cab Man
Movie • 1950
L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)
Strange Behavior
Movie • 1981
Donovan
Boy Slaves
Movie • 1939
Albee
The Road to Singapore
Movie • 1931
Desk Clerk at Club (uncredited)
The Second Face
Movie • 1950
Mr. Westcott
The Juggler
Movie • 1953
Rosenberg
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Movie • 1972
Mr. Beeman
The Birds and the Bees
Movie • 1956
Charlie Jenkins
Television Spy
Movie • 1939
Mr. Adler
Looking for Trouble
Movie • 1934
Switchboard Operator
Inside Story
Movie • 1939
District Attorney
My Woman
Movie • 1933
Conn
When the Bough Breaks
Movie • 1986
Van der Graaf
The Wheeler Dealers
Movie • 1963
Judge (uncredited)
Kentucky
Movie • 1938
Auctioneer
Rose of Washington Square
Movie • 1939
Sam Kress
Call Northside 777
Movie • 1948
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Apartment for Peggy
Movie • 1948
Prof. Collins (uncredited)
The Great Profile
Movie • 1940
Director
Papa's Delicate Condition
Movie • 1963
Mr. Cosgrove
Billie
Movie • 1965
Coach Jones
Flying Tigers
Movie • 1942
Repkin (uncredited)
It's a Date
Movie • 1940
Mr. Horner (uncredited)
The Show-Off
Movie • 1934
Mr. Weitzenkorn
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Movie • 1981
Chief
God Is My Partner
Movie • 1957
Judge Warner
The Band Plays On
Movie • 1934
Shyster Lawyer
The Carpetbaggers
Movie • 1964
Eugene Denby
Blondie
Movie • 1938
Furniture Salesman (uncredited)
One More Spring
Movie • 1935
Representative
Woman Wanted
Movie • 1935
Defense Attorney Herman (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Movie • 1941
Martin Manning (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
Movie • 1947
Hawkins (uncredited)
The Big Store
Movie • 1941
Finance Company Man (uncredited)
Employees' Entrance
Movie • 1933
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
Movie • 1949
Producer (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band
Movie • 1935
Mr. Scurry
The Milky Way
Movie • 1936
Repent at Leisure
Movie • 1941
Clarence Morgan
Let Us Live
Movie • 1939
Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)
Fifth Avenue Girl
Movie • 1939
Union Representative (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
Movie • 1939
Studio Chief
Golden Boy
Movie • 1939
Reporter Drake
News Is Made at Night
Movie • 1939
District Attorney Rufe Reynolds
Miracles for Sale
Movie • 1939
Fleetwood Apartments Desk Clerk
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Movie • 1933
Columnist #2
Professor Beware
Movie • 1938
Joe - Photographer
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Movie • 1939
Charlie's Doctor
The Great Man's Whiskers
Movie • 1972
Philbrick
The Crooked Road
Movie • 1940
Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney
Race Street
Movie • 1948
Switchboard Operator Clerk (uncredited)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Movie • 1936
Man in Front Row (archive footage)
On Their Own
Movie • 1940
Johnson
Lady in a Jam
Movie • 1942
Government Man (uncredited)
Blondie Plays Cupid
Movie • 1940
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
Movie • 1941
Larsen
Primrose Path
Movie • 1940
Mr. Smith (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
Movie • 1940
Second Lecturer
What's Cookin'?
Movie • 1942
K.D. Reynolds
A Gentleman at Heart
Movie • 1942
Holloway
Johnny Apollo
Movie • 1940
Assistant D.A.
Sunday Punch
Movie • 1942
Ringside spectator at Ole's first fight (uncredited)
The Sniper
Movie • 1952
Loud Drunk at Club
The Leather Pushers
Movie • 1940
Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
Buy Me That Town
Movie • 1941
J. Montague Gainsborough
Just Before Dawn
Movie • 1946
Dr. Steiner (uncredited)
We Who Are Young
Movie • 1940
Perkins
Thru Different Eyes
Movie • 1942
Mott
Internes Can't Take Money
Movie • 1937
Grote
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Movie • 1940
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
Movie • 1940
Charlie Graham
Gold Diggers of 1933
Movie • 1933
Society Reporter (uncredited)
Smart Money
Movie • 1931
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
Movie • 1951
FBI Agent Ralph Burchard (uncredited)
The Florentine Dagger
Movie • 1935
Man in Front Row (archive footage)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Movie • 1940
Reporter (uncredited)
One Mile from Heaven
Movie • 1937
Webb
City for Conquest
Movie • 1940
Al - Dance Team Manager (uncredited)
Acting on Impulse
Movie • 1993
Bellhop
Nothing Sacred
Movie • 1937
Rubenstein (uncredited)
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Movie • 1951
Herman Pulvermacher (uncredited)
State of the Union
Movie • 1948
Blink Moran
Central Airport
Movie • 1933
Amarillo Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Bowery
Movie • 1933
Doctor (uncredited)
You're My Everything
Movie • 1949
Mr. Eddie Pflum
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Movie • 1934
Reporter (uncredited)
Big Business
Movie • 1937
Webster - Bank Representative
She Had to Say Yes
Movie • 1933
Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)
The Invisible Informer
Movie • 1946
Nick Steele
Ginger
Movie • 1935
Judge (uncredited)
Home in Wyomin'
Movie • 1942
Newspaper Editor
Born Reckless
Movie • 1937
Barnes's lawyer
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Movie • 1940
Salesman
Movie Movie
Movie • 1978
Judge / Mr. Pennington
Private Detective 62
Movie • 1933
Process Server (Uncredited)
Blonde Crazy
Movie • 1931
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
New York Town
Movie • 1941
Census Taker (uncredited)
About Face
Movie • 1942
Rental Car Manager
A Wicked Woman
Movie • 1934
Defense Attorney Beardsley (uncredited)
Smart Woman
Movie • 1948
Reporter
The Mad Martindales
Movie • 1942
Virgil Hickling
Venus Makes Trouble
Movie • 1937
District Attorney
Born to Sing
Movie • 1942
Johnny
The House Across the Street
Movie • 1949
Apartment Manager (uncredited)
Friendly Enemies
Movie • 1942
Braun
Grand Slam
Movie • 1933
Waiter at Nicolai Restaurant
Hot Water
Movie • 1937
Grayson (uncredited)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Movie • 1965
Editor
Mission to Moscow
Movie • 1943
Man in Kitchenin Montage (uncredited)
City Girl
Movie • 1930
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Bad Guy
Movie • 1937
Attorney
Long Way Home
Movie • 1975
They All Kissed the Bride
Movie • 1942
Spotter
Let's Talk It Over
Movie • 1934
Reporter
Sunset Limousine
Movie • 1983
Reinhammer
Easy to Take
Movie • 1936
Skip
Joy of Living
Movie • 1938
Fan in Margaret's Dressing Room (Uncredited)
Pardon My Sarong
Movie • 1942
Bus Company Superintendent (uncredited)
I'll Fix It
Movie • 1934
Al Nathan
The Lady Is Willing
Movie • 1942
K.K. Miller
The History of Hooterville
Movie • 2005
Self
Appointment for Love
Movie • 1941
Smith (uncredited)
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Movie • 1942
Mr. White
Queen of the Mob
Movie • 1940
Horace Grimley
Rendezvous in Space
Movie • 1964
Interviewee
My Dog, the Thief
Movie • 1969
Mr. Pfeiffer
The New Interns
Movie • 1964
Connors
Criminal Lawyer
Movie • 1951
Frederick Waterman
Hitched
Movie • 1973
Round Tree
Broadway
Movie • 1942
Hungry Harry (uncredited)
You're the One
Movie • 1941
Announcer
Advice to the Lovelorn
Movie • 1933
A Bewitched Christmas
Movie • 1994
Jesse Mortimer
I Want My Man
Movie • 1925
French Doctor
Alcatraz Express
Movie • 1961
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Richard Welte
Mister Ed
TV • 1961
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV • 1959
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Dr. Lusk
Love on a Rooftop
TV • 1966
The Rookies
TV • 1972
Rhoda
TV • 1974
F Troop
TV • 1965
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Walter Graf
Otherworld
TV • 1985
Velcrows Widley
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
The Odd Couple
TV • 1970
Sid
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV • 1957
Claims Clerk (uncredited)
The Munsters
TV • 1964
The Flying Nun
TV • 1967
Today
TV • 1952
Self
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Mr. Barnsdahl
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Foster Phinney
Chico and the Man
TV • 1974
Maude
TV • 1972
One Day at a Time
TV • 1975
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV • 1964
Charlie
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Mr. Stanley
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Homer Bedloe
Mork & Mindy
TV • 1978
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Dr. Williams
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Mr. Cushman
Soap
TV • 1977
Judge Petrillo
Hunter
TV • 1984
Motel Owner
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Mr. Peckinpaugh
Weekend Special
TV • 1977
The Tab Hunter Show
TV • 1960
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
The Sandy Duncan Show
TV • 1972
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
Temperatures Rising
TV • 1972
Fulton Briggs
Nanny and the Professor
TV • 1970
Bachelor Father
TV • 1957
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Simon Whipple
The Farmer's Daughter
TV • 1963
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Casting Director
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Passport Office Clerk
Adam's Rib
TV • 1973
Mayor
The Thin Man
TV • 1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Lt. Kevin Anders (uncredited)
The Real McCoys
TV • 1957
The Debbie Reynolds Show
TV • 1969
Karen
TV • 1975
Pete and Gladys
TV • 1960
The New Bob Cummings Show
TV • 1961
Shannon's Deal
TV • 1990
Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Wendy and Me
TV • 1964
Guestward, Ho!
TV • 1960
Lawman
TV • 1958
Whirlybirds
TV • 1957
The Ann Sothern Show
TV • 1958
The Bill Dana Show
TV • 1963
The People's Choice
TV • 1955
The Cara Williams Show
TV • 1964
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1961
Willy
TV • 1954
Star Stage
TV • 1955
The Bing Crosby Show
TV • 1964
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
TV • 1962
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
Dr. Shelley
On Trial
TV • 1956
The Comedy Spot
TV • 1960
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
The Family Holvak
TV • 1975
Dear Phoebe
TV • 1954
Mr. Fosdick
The Comedy Factory
TV • 1985
George McCloskey
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
TV • 2003
The Winds of War
TV • 1983
Adm. William Standley
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Jessie Mortimer
The Restless Gun
TV • 1957
Mayor Peter Mercer
Topper
TV • 1953
Mr. Kittler
He & She
TV • 1967
Mr. Simpson
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Billy Hacker
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
Lawrence Finch
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Roger Creed
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Mr. Roland
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Uncle Abner
Honey West
TV • 1965
Ash
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
TV • 1965
Man
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Homer Bedloe
Sybil
TV • 1976
Dr. Quinoness
Fibber McGee & Molly
TV • 1959
Salesman
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Walter Medford
The Gale Storm Show
TV • 1956
Pierce
The Pruitts of Southampton
TV • 1966
Maxwell
Legends
TV • 2006
Roy (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV • 1957
Customs Officer (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Mr. Pfeiffer
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Mr. Frisby
Maverick
TV • 1957
Proprietor
The Doris Day Show
TV • 1968
Judge Carter
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Harold Jameson
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Ed Hotchkiss
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Mr. Harmon
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Shotwell
Bewitched
TV • 1964
George Meiklejohn
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Mr. Hickox
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Charles Eckhardt
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Mr. Wilson
Studio 57
TV • 1954
Henry
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Alcatraz Official (uncredited)
The Real McCoys
TV • 1957
Mr. Leland
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Mort Farber
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Ralph Harrison
The Devlin Connection
TV • 1982
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV • 1959
Chester L. Wayzack, Esq.
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Cyrus Radford